African American Women

This unique book reveals the vital roles that African American women have played throughout America's development. At the center of this history is the struggle for suffrage, economic equality, and social acceptance. This book guides reader through the experiences of African American women during slavery, reconstruction, the northern migration, World War II, the Harlem Renaissance, and into present day. Analyzing the historical context and nuances of their difficulties and triumphs, African American Women is the most accessible, thorough, and effective source of study on the family life, status, interpersonal relationships, education, work, rights, and myths of African American women in America.